I am sometimes asked why post-evangelicals have created and are retaining an identity and name that carries forward the religion we have left behind. Doesn’t that just reinscribe the trauma? Doesn’t it confuse the effort to define ourselves now? Doesn’t…
A report from the Post-Evangelical Collective meeting in Boston
The momentum is growing. The Post-Evangelical Collective has a bright future, but also key issues to consider. What follows are some observations from my fourth national Post-Evangelical Collective conference. In order, they have been Denver (2023), Raleigh (2024), Nashville (2025)…
Post-evangelical churches are succeeding
There is much handwringing about the “state of the church” these days. I want to suggest that handwringing is a bit exaggerated. I know the statistics. There are certainly many U.S. churches that are struggling and some that are closing….
The post-evangelicals take their next step forward
History may well record that April 16-17, 2024, marked a breakthrough moment in the emergence of an organized post-evangelical Christian movement in the United States. It certainly felt like a breakthrough to this participant-observer, as I had the privilege of…